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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the birth of Leiji Matsumoto 『 Yamato 』, which is the origin of the memorial work of the history of Japanese animation, shows the whole story for the first time with the addition of valuable unrecorded recordings! It has been 40 years since 『 STAR BLAZERS 』, a masterpiece of Leiji Matsumoto who is a representative of Japanese Animation, became a hit movie in 1977 after TV animation in 1974. In 2018, it is also the memorial year of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the author. In commemoration of these, this book is a collection of works related to the first work of 『 Yamato 』, focusing on comic works that were serialized (November 1974 to April 1975) in "The King of Adventure" (published by Akita Shoten) in time with the first TV animation broadcast. It is difficult to obtain especially the issue with color pages of 『 Yamato 』. Now we can only see the works published in small size in various mook books. This time, it is faithfully reproduced in large size of magazine including cover paintings and color pages which were not included in the published individual books. The author has newly added drawings related to "Jura a edition" which was drawn with the thought of the memorial edition. The sketch and drawing which became the original stone of the idea of "Matsumoto edition Yamato" is also collected as a material. A monument is made in the history of Japanese animation. Together with 『 GALAXY EXPRESS 999 』 『 Captain Harlock 』, all unknown aspects of the masterpiece which will be the representative work of the author appear for the first time after 44 years from the series. ancient manuscript Leiji Matsumoto